Displaying Images for People Associated with a Message Item

1. A computer-implemented method for displaying a list of people associated with a message item stored in a message store for use by a personal information manager (PIM) application, the computer-implemented method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for: identifying a plurality of people associated with the message item stored in the message store; upon identifying the plurality of people associated with the message item stored in the message store, accessing a local storage of the PIM to determine whether an image associated with each of the plurality of people is contained in the local storage; in response to determining that an image associated with one of the plurality of people is contained in the local storage, retrieving the image associated with the person from the local storage; in response to determining that an image associated with the person is not contained in the local storage, determining whether an image associated with the person is contained in an organization directory; in response to determining that an image associated with the person is contained in the organization directory, retrieving the image associated with the person from the organization directory; and in response to determining that an image associated with the person is not contained in the organization directory, causing a placeholder image to be displayed in the list entry for the person; generating a list of people comprising a list entry for each of the plurality of people, each list entry comprising a name, an image associated with a corresponding person associated with the message item, and a pronunciation user interface (UI) control, the pronunciation UI control configured to cause an audio recording of the name of the corresponding person to be played through a speaker connected to a computer executing the PIM when the pronunciation UI control is selected by a user of the computer; and displaying the list of people in conjunction with data regarding the message item stored in the message store in a window of the PIM; detect that a user of the computer has selected the pronunciation UI control of at least one list entry for the corresponding person; upon detecting that the user has selected the pronunciation UI control, determine whether the audio recording of the name of the at least one list entry is contained in a local storage of the PIM; in response to determining that the audio recording of the name of the at least one list entry is contained in the local storage, retrieve the audio recording of the name of the at least one list entry from the local storage and play the audio recording of the name of the at least one list entry through the speaker; in response to determining that the audio recording of the name of the at least one list entry is not contained in the local storage, determine whether the audio recording of the name of the at least one list entry is contained in an organization directory; and in response to determining that the audio recording of the name of the at least one list entry is contained in the organization directory, retrieve the audio recording of the name of the at least one list entry from the organization directory and play the audio recording of the name of the at least one list entry through the speaker.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the message item stored in the message store comprises a meeting request and the plurality of people associated with the message item stored in the message store comprise attendees of the meeting.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the message item stored in the message store comprises an email message and the plurality of people associated with the message item stored in the message store comprises recipients of the email message.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein each list entry further comprises additional personal information associated with the corresponding person.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the additional personal information comprises a title.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the additional personal information is retrieved from an organization directory.

7. A computer-readable storage medium that is not a signal having computer executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to: identify a plurality of attendees associated with a meeting request in a PIM; access a local storage of the PIM to determine whether an image associated with each of the plurality of attendees is contained in the local storage; in response to determining that an image associated with one of the plurality of attendees is contained in the local storage, retrieve the image associated with the attendee from the local storage; in response to determining that an image associated with the attendee is not contained in the local storage, determine whether an image associated with the attendee is contained in an organization directory; in response to determining that an image associated with the attendee is contained in the organization directory, retrieve the image associated with the attendee from the organization directory; and in response to determining that an image associated with the attendee is not contained in the organization directory, cause a placeholder image to be displayed in the list entry for the attendee; generate a list of people comprising a list entry for each of the plurality of attendees, each list entry comprising a name and the image associated with a corresponding attendee, and at least one list entry a pronunciation UI control configured to cause an audio recording of the name associated with the corresponding attendee to be played through a speaker connected to the computer executing the PIM when the pronunciation UI control is selected by a user of the computer; display the list of people in a window of the PIM in conjunction with data regarding the meeting request; detect that the user of the computer has selected the pronunciation UI control of the at least one list entry for the corresponding attendee of the meeting; upon detecting that the user has selected the pronunciation UI control, determine whether the audio recording of the name associated with the corresponding attendee is contained in a local storage of the PIM; in response to determining that the audio recording of the name is contained in the local storage, retrieve the audio recording of the name from the local storage and play the audio recording of the name through the speaker; in response to determining that the audio recording of the name is not contained in the local storage, determine whether the audio recording of the name associated with the corresponding attendee is contained in an organization directory; and in response to determining that the audio recording of the name is contained in the organization directory, retrieve the audio recording of the name from the organization directory and play the audio recording of the name through the speaker.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein each list entry further comprises additional personal information associated with the corresponding attendee.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the additional personal information comprises a title.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the additional personal information is retrieved from an organization directory.

11. A computer-readable storage medium that is not a signal having computer executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to: identify a plurality of recipients of an email message stored in a message store and displayed in a PIM; upon identifying the plurality of recipients of the email message, access a local storage of the PIM to determine whether an image associated with each of the plurality of recipients is contained in the local storage; in response to determining that an image associated with one of the plurality of recipients is contained in the local storage, retrieve the image associated with the recipient from the local storage; in response to determining that an image associated with the recipient is not contained in the local storage, determine whether an image associated with the recipient is contained in an organization directory; in response to determining that an image associated with the recipient is contained in the organization directory, retrieve the image associated with the recipient from the organization directory; and in response to determining that an image associated with the recipient is not contained in the organization directory, causing a placeholder image to be displayed in the list entry for the recipient; access a local storage of the PIM to determine whether additional personal information associated with each of the plurality of recipients is contained in the local storage; in response to determining that the additional personal information associated with the recipient is contained in the local storage, retrieve the additional personal information associated with the recipient from the local storage; and in response to determining that the additional personal information associated with the recipient is not contained in the local storage, retrieve the additional personal information associated with the recipient from an organization directory; generate an image of a sender of the email message and a list of people comprising a list entry for each of the plurality of recipients, each list entry comprising a name, an image, and the additional personal information associated with a corresponding recipient; generate a list of people comprising a list entry for each of the plurality of recipients, each list entry comprising a name and the image associated with a corresponding recipient of the email message, and a pronunciation UI control configured to cause an audio recording of the name associated with the corresponding recipient of the email message to be played through a speaker connected to the computer executing the PIM when the pronunciation UI control is selected by a user of the computer; detect that the user of the computer has selected the pronunciation UI control of the at least one list entry for the corresponding recipient of the email message; upon detecting that the user has selected the pronunciation UI control, determine whether the audio recording of the name associated with the corresponding recipient of the email message is contained in a local storage of the PIM; in response to determining that the audio recording of the name associated with the corresponding recipient is contained in the local storage, retrieve the audio recording of the name associated with the corresponding recipient from the local storage and play the audio recording of the name associated with the corresponding recipient through the speaker; in response to determining that the audio recording of the name associated with the corresponding recipient is not contained in the local storage, determine whether the audio recording of the name associated with the corresponding recipient is contained in an organization directory; and in response to determining that the audio recording of the name associated with the corresponding recipient is contained in the organization directory, retrieve the audio recording of the name associated with the corresponding recipient from the organization directory and play the audio recording of the name associated with the corresponding recipient through the speaker; and display the image of the sender and the list of people in conjunction with the display of the email message in a window of the PIM.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the additional personal information is configurable to contain any information for a recipient contained in the organization directory.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the additional personal information comprises a title.